Shipping-tag.



1. MORGAN.

SHKPPING T.

APPucATloN FILED ocT.:9.x91s.

mama Fe. 26,1918.,

. JOHN Nondalton NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIPPING-TAG.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. -26, 1918.

Application led Yctober 19, 1916. Serial No. 126,553.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, J OHN MORGAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to shipping tags, and has for one of its principal objects to provide such a tag which may be easily and cheaply manufactured, and which may be quickly, easily and securely fastened to a package or the like.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of elements and parts, as shown in the accompanying drawings and fully described in this specification.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a view of one embodiment of my improved shipping tag in the blank or unfolded form; Fig. 2 is a. view of the same, showing the manner of folding and securing it to a packagevor the like; Fig. 3 is a View, analogous to Fig. 2, showing another embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 1 -1 of Fig. 3.

In carrying my invention int-o eifect in the embodiment thereof shown in Figs. 1 and 2 I provide a tag 11 having a portion 12 adapted to be folded over along the lines 13-13. At the points where these lines 13 reach the sides of the tag, I provide notches 14;.

I provide a slot 15 located approximately in the line 13-13, and extending downward from this slot 15 into the body of the tag are two slots 16, between which is formed a tab 17. Extending from the slot 15 into the portion 12 of the tag I provide two slots 18, terminating in enlarged openings 19.

In attaching my improved tag to a package, it is unnecessary to tie the same thereto by means of a separate piece of cord. The tag may be slipped under the cord which is used to secure the package together, designated 20, so that the cord lies along the lines 13-13. The cord is then passed into the slot 15, along the slots 18 (and to their terminations 19). The cord will then pass downward through one opening 19, and upward through the other, thus passing under the portions of the iiap 12 outside the slots 18 and over that portion of said flap between said slots 18. The slots 18 are suiciently narrow to insure that the cord will not accidentally slip back out of the openings 19,

and the cord is also held in place bythe notches 14.

The tab 17 is then folded up over the flap 12 so that it will occupy the position shown provided with a iiap 28, coated with a suitable adhesive, by means of which the envelop may be secured in its closed position. rIhe front and back members are glued o r otherwise suitably secured together at 24;

(see particularly Fig. 4) a flap 25 on the member 21, analogous to the flap 12 of Figs. 1 and 2, being, however, left detached from the member 22.

I provide a portion 26, analogous to the portion 12 of Figs. 1 and 2, which portion i' 26 is formed of the end of the` glued portion 24:, and is adapted to be folded over on the lines 27-27, and is provided with a slot at 30 analogous to the slot 15, slots 28 analogous to the slots 18, which slots 28 bear at their ends enlarged portions or perforations 29 analogous to the similar perforations 19 of Figs. 1 and 2. The cord in Figs. 8 and 4: has been designated 31.

The operation of this embodiment of my invention will be obvious from what has been above set forth concerning its construction, and from the above-described mode of oper- .ation of the embodiment shown in Figs. 1

and 2.

The advantages of my invention will be obvious. I do not limit myself to the exact form shown and described, as various changes might be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A shipping tag comprising a body portion, a flap integral therewith and adapted to be folded down thereover, a slot in said flap, and a tab adapted to pass over an edge of said flap and hold the same in position.

2. A shipping tag comprising a body porprovided with openings adapted to receive a cord; and a tab adapted to pass over an edge of said flap and to secure said flap in position. y -l KK l 3. A shipping'tag'comprising a body portion, a flap integral therewith andada'pted to be folded down thereover, and a tab adapted to passv over an edge of said liap and to secure said fia-p in position; saidtag being provided with notches on its edges at the points where the said body portion joins the said flap. Y

4L. A shipping tag comprising a body portion7 a flap integral therewith and adapted to be folded down thereover, said flap being provided with a slot, and with a pair of slots extending from said irst named slot, and a tab adapted to pass over an edge of'said flap and hold said Hap in position.

5. A shipping tag comprising a body portion, a flap integral therewith and adapted vto be folded down thereover, said iiap being provided with a slot, and with a pair oi slots extending'rom said first named slot, each of said second named slots being provided at its other end with an enlarged portionMV or opening, and a tab adapted to pass over an edge of said iiap and holdv said Hap in position.

6. A shipping tag provided with a transverse slot, a pair of slots extending from said first named slot' and a second pair of slots extendingfrom said first named slot.

7. A shipping tag comprising a body p'ortion, a iiap integral therewith and adapted to be folded down thereover, said Hap being provided'with slot, a pair of slots extending from said first named slot, a second pair of slots extending from said first named slot, and a notch in the edge of said tag opposite eachendfof said rst named slot.

8. Thecombination with a shipping tag comprising a body portion, a flap integral therewith and adapted tof4 be` folded down 'thereoven and a tab adapted' to pass over said Hap;v ofa cord adapted to lpassy under said ap'f'and over saidy tabg'said tag being provided with notches in its side edges through' which said cord passes. 1

9. A combined; shipping tag and envelop comprising an envelop having a front niember and a back member, a Hap on one o'lisaid members adaptedA to be foldeddown over the other of said me1nbers5 and av tab on the other of said members adapted to pass over an edge ot said-'nap andhold the same in position. Y

l0. A combined shipping tagand envelop comprising an envelop having a front member and a back member7 aap on one of said members adapted to be folded down over the other of said members, saidflap being provided with openingsadapted to receive a cord; and a tabadapted to pass over an edge of said flap andV tol secure said iiap in position.

In witness whereof'I 'have hereunto signed my'na-me this 13th dayl of October, 1916.-

JoHN MORGAN.

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